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You're not contracting a plural. Mathematics is singular. "Mathematics IS a field of study", not "Mathematics are fields of studies". There aren't "3 mathematic
by tolmasky 13y ago
You're not contracting a plural. Mathematics is singular. "Mathematics IS a field of study", not "Mathematics are fields of studies". There aren't "3 mathematics".
A history of math vs maths: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SbZCECvoaTA http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SbZCECvoaTA
- nailer 13y agoEtymologically mathematics is a plural, as another poster notes. There are many smaller topics involved in mathematics: geometry, trig, calculus, etc. Much in the same way as mechanics, optics, politics, acoustics, etc (as a different poster mentions).